Carrara marble
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Carrara marble is a white statuary marble found in the city of Carrara, located in the Tuscany region of Italy. This metamorphic rock, a recrystallized form of limestone, is renowned for its purity and fine grain, making it highly prized by sculptors. Famous artists such as Michelangelo and Henry Moore have utilized Carrara marble for their works. The quarries in this region have been a source of this exquisite material since antiquity.123
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marbleā¦principal works, and the snow-white Carrara marble used by Michelangelo and Antonio Canova and favoured by modern sculptors. The exterior of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., is of Tennessee marble, and the Lincoln Memorial contains marbles from Yule, Colorado, Alabama (roof transparencies), and Georgia (Lincoln statue).
Read Moreā¦principal works, and the snow-white Carrara marble used by Michelangelo and Antonio Canova and favoured by modern sculptors. The exterior of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., is of Tennessee marble, and the Lincoln Memorial contains marbles from Yule, Colorado, Alabama (roof transparencies), and Georgia (Lincoln statue).
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sculpturePrimaryItalian Carrara marble, the best known, was used by Roman and Renaissance sculptors, especially Michelangelo, and is still widely used. The best-known varieties used by Greek sculptors, with whom marble was more popular than any other stone, are Pentelicāfrom which the Parthenon and its sculpture areā¦
Read MoreItalian Carrara marble, the best known, was used by Roman and Renaissance sculptors, especially Michelangelo, and is still widely used. The best-known varieties used by Greek sculptors, with whom marble was more popular than any other stone, are Pentelicāfrom which the Parthenon and its sculpture areā¦
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